A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others.

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Avoid making yourself the subject of conversation.

The court is like a palace of marble; it's composed of people very hard and very polished.

One should never risk a joke, even of the mildest and most unexceptional charters, except among people of culture and wit.